EAST CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

DISTRICT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

 District Workforce Development Council Membership

 Leake County

 Monte Ladner                       Director of Career and Technical Ed.     Leake County Schools

 Linda Shepard                      Executive Director                                 Leake County Chamber of Commerce

 Terry Prideaux                      Manager of Training                            Tyson Foods

 Neshoba County

 Frank L. Moore                    Owner/President                                   Hardy Manufacturing Co., Inc.

 S. Guy Nowell                      President                                              Merchants & Farmers Bank

 Marie Partridge                    Mill-Services Coordinator                      Weyerhaeuser Company

 Newton County

 Chuck Grogan                     General Manager                                   La-Z-Boy South

 Paula Kerr                           GED Instructor                                         East Central Community College

 Andy Rowzee                      Site Manager                                         ESCO Corporation

 Scott County

 Bridgette Ballard                 Training Coordinator/Staff Recruiter       Raytheon Systems Southeast

 Allen Breland                       President/CEO                                       Bank of Forest

 Patsy Nicholson                Human Resources Coordinator                   Unipres Southeast                  

 Winston County

 Ricky Culberson                   Production Supervisor                             Georgia-Pacific

 David Mills                           Manager                                                Polo Custom Products

 Rodis E. Shealy                    Director of Manufacturing Engineering     Taylor Machine Works

District Workforce Development Council Officers

 Chairperson                                                                               David Mills, Polo Custom Products    

 Vice-Chairperson                                                                       Andy Rowzee, ESCO Corporation

 Executive Secretary                                                                   Roger Whitlock, Dean of WDC

District Workforce Development Council Representative to the State Council

 David Mills; Manager; Polo Custom Products; Louisville, MS

       District Workforce Development Council Mission - To develop an integrated and coordinated district workforce development strategic plan that: identifies workforce development needs through job and employee assessments of local business and industry; sets short-term and long-term goals for industry-specific training and upgrading and for general development of the workforce; provides for coordination of all training programs, including ABE/GED, skills enhancement and industrial services, and works to raise the education levels and improve technical skill-sets within the existing/potential workforce population.

       District Workforce Development Council Meetings - Scheduled meeting dates for the ECCC District Workforce Council are 1/17/07, 4/18/07, 8/8/07, 01/16/08.